Antonine Literature

256 Pages·1990·3.326 MB·English

by  Donald Andrew Russell

ANTONINE LITERATURE

ANTONINE LITERATURE
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D. A. RUSSELL
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1. Classicall iterature-Critical studies
I. Russell, D.A.F.M.
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1. Greekl iterature--Rome--History and criticism.
2. Literature, Comparative--Greeka nd Latin.
3. Literature, Comparative--Latin and Greek.
4. Latin literature· -History and criticism.
5. Rome -Civilization Greek influences.
6. Rome History--Antonines, 96--192. I. Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew)
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PREFACE
IT gave me a special pleasure, in the year in which I was due to
retire, to arrange the seminar which gave rise to these papers,
and which was held in Oxford in Hilary Term 1988. We all
share an interest in the literature of the second century, and
think it a not unworthy memorial of the time when 'the Empire
of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the
most civilized portion of mankind'. We have followed Gibbon
also in allowing into our purview the whole of the 'happy
period of more than fourscore years' which he would call the
Age of the Antonines. \Ve have thus said something of Plutarch
and Dio, who are important witnesses to the outlook of the
whole century, and in particular to its view of the relationship
between present and past. We have written on what we indi
vidually chose, and from various (and not always compatible)
points of view. So this is far from a history of Antonine litera
ture; but we hope that our contributions will be of some service
to future historians of the period, which badly needs a compre
hensive view, embracing both Greek and Latin. I should like to
express my thanks to Richard Hawley for undertaking the
work of the Index, and to all those concerned at the University
Press for their help at every stage.
D.A.R.

CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Vlll
Antonine Literature: Some Dates
IX
I. Introduction: Greek and Latin in Antonine
Literature
D. A. RUSSELL
II. Truth and Fiction in Plutarch's Lives
C. B. R. PELLING
III. Greek Poetry in the Antonine Age 53
E. L. BOWIE
IV. The Second Sophistic: Some Problems of
Perspective
G. ANDERSON
V. Lucian's Introductions I 1 I
H. G. NESSELRATH
VI. Plato's Phaedrus in Second-Century Greek
Literature
M. B.TRAPP
VII. Psyche and her Mysterious Husband 175
E. J. KENNEY
VIII. Aristides and the Prose Hymn 199
D. A. RUSSELL
Bibliography 221
Index Locorum 233
General Index 239
ABBREVIATIONS
We use standard abbreviations for many texts, periodicals, and
works of reference. Note also the following:
ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der rijmischen Welt, ed. H. Tem
porini and W. Haase (Berlin and New York, 1972- ).
CHCL CambridgeH istory of Classical Literature. i. Greek Literature,
ed. P. E. Easterling and B. M. W. Knox (Cambridge,
1985); ii. Latin Literature, ed. E. J. Kenney and W. V.
Clausen (Cambridge, 1982).
GDRK Heitsch (1961) and Heitsch (1964).
GVI W. Peek, GriechischeV ers-lnschriften (Berlin, 1955).
Halm Rhetores Latini Minores, ed. C. Halm (Leipzig, 1 863,
repr. Frankfurt, 1964).
HE Gow and Page (1965).
MAMA Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua, ed. W. M. Calder et al.
(Manchester, 1928- ).
Spengel Rhetores Graeci, ed. L. Spengel (3 vols.; Leipzig, 1852-
6).
Walz Rhetores Graeci, ed. C. Walz (9. vol.; Stuttgart, 1832-6,
1 repr. Osnabriick, 1968).
ANTONINE LITERATURE: SOME DATES
Literary events 0 tlzere vents
117 ? Death ofDio. Accession of
? Birth of Aristides. Hadrian.
l l 8-2 l Suetonius ab epistulis.
l l 9 Suicide of Euphrates.
? Herodes presented to
Hadrian.
c.125 Death of Plutarch.
Birth of Lucian.
Birth of A. Gellius.
129 ? Birth of Galen.
130 Poems of Julia Bal bi Ila. Death of Antinoos.
130-8 ? Composition of Dionysius'
Periegesis.
131-2 Arrian in Pontus: Periplus.
138 Accession of Pius.
140 ? Death of Polemon.
Earliest possible date for
Florus' Epitome.
142 ? Aristides' Sarapis (44K).
? Lollianus holds first chair of
rhetoric in Athens.
143 Herodes Atticus consul;
Franta cos. sujf.
Aristides goes to Rome; his
144
illnesses being.
147 Aristides: Apellas (30 K), Sons
of Asclepius (38 K), Capito
(47D).
Ptolemy's Almagest now
finished.
148 Birth ofHermogenes.
150 Justin, First Apology.
153 Aristides, Athena (37 K).
X
155 ? Aristides, Aegean Sea (44 K),
Panathenaicus( 1 K), Rome
(26K).
156 Martyrdom of
Polycarp.
158 Trial of Apuleius: Apologia.
160 Justin, SecondA pology.
l 61 Apuleius, Florida g. Accession of
Gaius, Institutes. Marcus.
Galen in Rome.
165 Death of Peregrinus. Parthian wars.
Lucian: ? Hermotimus,
? Cataplus, ?B is Accusatus.
? Death of Appian.
? Martydom of Justin.
166 Lucian, Q,uomodoh istoria
conscribendas it.
166-7 Aristides in Cyzicus (27 K,
40K).
? Death ofFronto.
170 Aristides begins Hieroi logoi
(47-y2 K).
70 ? Birth of Aelian and
C. l
Philostra tus.
173-5 Pausanias' Periegesisi n
progress (5. 1. 2); composition
lies between c. 16 0 and c. 180.
177 Aris tides, Monodyf or Smyrna
(18K).
Death of Herodes Atticus.
75-80 Phrynichus' Lexeis.
C. l
180 Death of Marcus.
? C. l 85 Death of Aristides.